---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify Dog Fighting and Baiting Law."
description: "Clarify Dog Fighting and Baiting Law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 21"
citation: "North Carolina SB 21 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "ANIMALS", "CRIMES", "DOMESTIC ANIMALS", "GAMING", "LIVESTOCK & POULTRY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. SNOW"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-01-29"
last_action: "2007-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d3a5046-0ab3-4d53-b70a-1ef7a750a038"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S21&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f823a6a011f26a6bcbc6d9c39970c6ad1450e4cd390192f954d07485e2ccb2b5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
---

# North Carolina SB 21 (2007) — Clarify Dog Fighting and Baiting Law.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S21v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S21v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S21v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S21v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S21v4.pdf)
6. **SL2007-181** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S21v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **105–2** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goodall — cosponsor (person)
- Snow — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2007-07-05** Ch. SL 2007-181 `became-law`
- **2007-07-05** Signed By Gov. 7/5/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-06-27** Pres. To Gov. 6/27/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-06-27** Ratified
- **2007-06-26** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-25** Placed On Cal For 6/26/2007
- **2007-06-25** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2007-06-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-06-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-06-20** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-19** Placed On Cal For 6/20/2007
- **2007-06-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-06-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-12** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-21** Ref to the Com on Agriculture and, if favorable, to the Com on Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-03-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-02-12** Ref To Com On Judiciary ll (Criminal) `referral-committee`
- **2007-01-30** Held As Filed
- **2007-01-29** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d3a5046-0ab3-4d53-b70a-1ef7a750a038`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).